Card-vending machine.



F. W. KALSOW. GARD VENDING MACHINE. APPLI'GATON FILED NOV. 18, 1908.

Patented July 27, 1909.

S SHEETS-SHEET 3.

UNITE@ STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRICK W. KALSOW, OF MANSON, IOWA.

CARD-VENDING MACHINE.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRICK IN. KAL- sow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manson, in the county of Calhoun and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card-V ending Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip-v tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to maleand use the same. l

My invention relates to coin controlled vending mechanisms, and has for its especial object to provide improved mechanism, for effecting the delivery of postal cards and similar articles, from an inclosed cabinet containingr the same.

To the above ends, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in front elevation, showing a vending machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the machine, showing the door of the cabinet open, so as to expose a portion of the coin controlled mechanism; Fig. 3 is a plan view with the top of the cabinet removed, and with other parts broken away, and Fig. 4 is a detail view in perspective. f

The numeral 1 indicates a case or cabinet, the rear portion of which is provided with a hinged door 2, to afford access to the interior of the cabinet 1.` The front of the cabinet 1, is provided with a glass covered side opening 3, for the purpose of exposing to view, a sample of the article contained within the cabinet 1. A horizontal rock shaft 4 is mounted in suitable bearings 5 and 6, secured within the cabinet 1. Mounted on the forward end of the rock shaft 4, is a sleeve 7 having a reduced end portion that projects through the front of the cabinet 1 and is provided with a hand wheel 8. A projecting pin 9 is rigidly secured to the rock shaft 4 and works through an elongated slot 10 cut in the sleeve 7. This pin 9 and slot Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led November 18, 1908.

. drawer or receptacle 14.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Serial No. 463,193.

with respect to the rock shaft 4, Opening through the front of the cabinet 1, and eX- tending vertically downward on the inside thereof, is a coin delivery spout 11 that delivers to ya deiiecting trough 12, pivotally connected to the cabinet 1 at 13. The said trough 12 is held in its normal position, by frictional engagement between the lower end of the spout 11 and the cabinet 1. Normally the trough 12 delivers to a coin A lock lever 15 is intermediately pivoted at 15 to the cabinet 1 between the spout 11 and the rock shaft 4. One end of the lock lever 15 normally projects within the spout 11, to intercept a deposited coin, and the other end of said lock lever 15 normally projects inthe path of a stop 17 on the sleeve 7, to intercept the limited rotary movement of said sleeve 7.V

A spring 18 normally holdsthe lock lever 15 in its operative or normal position. Carried by the sleeve 7, is a push lever 19, which lever is held in a retracted position by a spring 20. The push lever 19 is arranged to move into and out of the coin delivery spout without engaging the lock-lever 15, but will operate through a deposited coin .held by the lock lever 15, to move said lock lever out of the path of the stop 17 on the sleeve 7 and to release the intercepted coin X, as shown in Fig. 2. A second rock shaft 21 extends in a vertical direction and at right angles to the rocl; shaft 4, and has its upper end seated in the top of the cabinet 1, and its lower end reduced and mounted in a suitable bearing bracket 22 secured to one side of the cabinet 1. The rock shaft 4 is provided with an upwardly projecting arm 23, and the rock shaft 21 is provided with a horizontal arm 24. The free ends of the arms 23 and 24, are pivotally connected together by a horizontal link 25. A spring 26, cne'end of which is secured to the cabinet 1,' and the other end of which is secured to the arm 24, normally holds lthe rock shafts 4 and 21 in retracted positions through the arms 23 and 24 and the link 25.

For holding the postal cards or similar articles to be vended, I provide a series of thin metal plates 27 mounted, .for sliding and swinging movements on a pair of approximately L-shaped hooks 28 secured to the l0 limit the rotary movement of the sleeve7 cabinet 1. The plates 27 are'secured to the CII hooks 28 by holes 2Q punched near one end of said plates, and through Which the hoolrs project. Ji/'hen the plates 27 are in their normal or horizontal positions, they are supported at their sides adjacent to the holes 29 by the approximately horizontal portion of the hooks 28, and at their free or outer ends by` an escapement, comprising a pair of fingers 30, Which fingers are secured to the lower depending end of the ro'clr shaft 21, vone slightly above the other and set at an angle to each other. The lower-most finger 30 normally supports the plates 27, but WhenV the roch shaft 21 is rotated to release one of said plates, the upper-most finger 30 is moved between the two lower-most plates at the `same time the lower-most ringer releases the bottom plate. The articleslto be vended are placed one or more between each pair of horizontal plates 27 and are indicated by the letter Y. A long leaf spring 31 is secured at one end to the cabinet 1, and the free end yieldingly presses the articles Y and plates 27 one upon the other. vi/hen a coin is deposited in the spout 11, and the machine operated, the loWer-most plate 27 Will be released together With the article Y heidthere by. The released plate V27 Will swing from its horizontal position to a vertical or idle position, and remain in said idle position until the machine is again filled. The Y just released will fall to the bott-ori of the cabinet 1, Where it may be reached by the purchaser' through the hand opening 32, formed in the front of the cabinet 1. To prevent an intended purchaser from being cheated When the machine is empty, the upper-most plate 27 is provided near its free edge, with a projecting finger 33, arranged to strike a projection Sfr on the deflecting trough 12, While the plate 27 is moving from its horizontal to its vertical position, and thereby tripping the deiiecting trough 12 into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, in which position, said deiiecting trough Will dee liver said deposited coin to the bottom of the cabinet 1 Where it may be reached by the person who deposited the same.

Theoperation is prob ably obvious from the foregoing description, but maybe brieliy summarized as follows: The 'purchaser first deposits a coin in the upper end of the spout 11, Which coin will be intercepted and held by the lock lever 15. Then by turning the hand Wheel 8, the Vsleeve 7 will be rotated and will carry with it the push lever 19, from its retracted position shotvn by dotted lines in Fig. 2, into the position indicated by fulllines in the same ligure, in which latter position, the free end of the push lever 19 engages the coin X. By a continued movement of the push lever 19 against the said coin, the lock lever 15 will be moved against the tension of the springs 18 and out of the path of the coin, thereby releasing said coin, and at the same time, said lever moves out of the path of the stop 17 on the sleeve 7. By a still further movement'of the hand Wheel 8, the sleeve 7 will engage the pin 9, and thereby rotate the rock shaft 1, and said shaft 4 will rotate the rock shaft 21 against the tension of the spring 26 through the arms 23 and 24 and link 25, and thereby operate the escapement to release the plates 27 and articles held thereby.

What l claim is:

1. ln a vending machine, the combination With a coin delivery device, of a shaft, a sleeve mountedon said shaft for a limited rotary movement, means for rotating said sleeve, a lock normally intercepting the limited movement of said sleeve and for intercepting a deposited coin, and a push lever carried by said sleeve and arranged to move Without engaging said lock, but operative through a deposited coin to release said .lock

,and permit the sleeve to rotate said shaft and to thereby release the article to be vended, 'substantially as described.

2. ln ay vending machine, the combination With ra coin delivery spout, of a shaft, a sleeve mounted on said shaft for a limited rotary movement, means for rotating said sleeve, a stop and a push-lever on said sleeve, and a lock lever, one end ofvvhichnormally projects Within said spout and the other Vend of Which normally stands in position to be engaged by the stop of said sleeve, and the free end of which push lever is arranged to Work Within said spout and to move Without engaging said lock lever, but is operative through a deposited coin, to move said lock lever out of the path of said stop and permit the sleeve to rotate said shaft and to thereby release the article to be vended, substantially as described.

3. ln a vending machine, the combination with a coin delivery spout, ofa spring retracted shaft, a spring retracted sleeve mounted on said shaft, for a limited rotary movement, means for rotating said sleeve, a stop and a push lever on said sleeve, and a spring held locl lever, one end of Which normally projects Within said spout and the other end of Which normally stands in position to be engaged by the stop of said sleeve, and the free end of which push lever is arranged to Work Within said spout and to move Without engaging said lock lever, but is operative through a deposited coin, to move said lock lever out of the path of said stop and permit the sleeve to rotate said shaft, and to thereby release the article to be vended, substantially as described.

e. ln a vending machine, the combination With series of holders, of a coin delivery device, a shaft, a sleeve mounted on said shaft for a limited rotary movement, means for rotating said sleeve, a lool; normally intercepting the limited movement of said sleeve and for ntereepting a deposited coi-n, and a. In testimony Whereof'li afEX my signature push lever carried by said sleeve and arin presence of two Witnesses.

ranged to move Without engaging said look v but operative through a deposited coin td FREDRICK W' KALSOW' 5 release said look and permit the sleeve to ro- Witnesses:

tate said shaft and to thereby release the said A. F. VOLBERDING,

holders, substantially es described. M. W. FITz. 

